December 2018
PhD supervisors: Prof. dr. B.M. Weckhuysen and Prof. dr. P.C.A. Bruijnincx
Available at UU library
A.M. Hernández Giménez
Catalyst Deactivation and Regeneration during Bio-oil Upgrading Processes
December 2018
PhD supervisors: Prof. dr. B.M. Weckhuysen and Prof. dr. P.C.A. Bruijnincx
Available at UU library
N. Kumar
Development of Tip-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and its Application to Heterogeneous Catalysis Research
November 2018
PhD supervisors: Prof. dr. B.M. Weckhuysen
Available at UU library
Ö. Attila
Advanced Characterization of Large Zeolite Crystals and Their Use in the Methanol-to-Hydrocarbons Process
November 2018
PhD supervisors: Prof. dr. B.M. Weckhuysen
Available at UU library
M. van der Linden
Luminescent nanoclusters of silver and gold
October 2018
PhD supervisors: Prof. dr. F.M.F. de Groot, dr. J.P.S. Glatzel
Available at UU library
J.G. Goetze
Operando Spectroscopy on the Reaction Mechanism and Deactivation of Methanol-to-Olefins Catalysts
May 2018
PhD supervisors: Prof. dr. B.M. Weckhuysen
Available at UU library
P. Zimmermann
Crystal field multiplet calculations and the Magnetic circular dichroism of CrO2 in Resonant inelastic Xray scattering
May 2018
PhD supervisors: Prof. dr. F.M.F. de Groot
Available at UU library
N. Masoud
The Stability of Supported Gold Catalysts
March 2018
PhD supervisors: Prof. dr. P.E. de Jongh and Prof. dr. ir. K.P. de Jong
Available at UU library
F.C. Hendriks
Accesibility, Structure and Reactivity of Individual Catalyst Particles Studied by Fluorescence Microscopy
December 2017
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen, Dr. P.C.A. Bruijnincx and Dr. F. Meirer
Available at UU library
Z. Öztürk
Spectroscopy & Microscopy on the Formation of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks
December 2017
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Available at UU library
R. Oord
Spectroscopic Insights into Microporous Zeolites for NH3-SCR of NOx and Methane-to-Methanol Activation
December 2017
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Available at UU library
B. Liu
Soft X-ray Spectroscopy of Cobalt Materials
August 2017
Promotors: Prof. Dr. F.M.F. de Groot
Available at UU library
P.L. Bramwell
Pore-confined light metal hydrides for energy storage and catalysis
May 2017
Promotors: Prof. Dr. P.E. de Jongh and Prof. Dr. R.J.M. Klein Gebbink
Copromotor: Dr. P. Ngene
Available at UU library
J. Xie
Catalyst Design and Development for the direct production of lower olefins from synthesis gas
March 2017
Thesis supervisor: Prof. K.P. de Jong
Available at UU library
S. Kalirai
Advances in X-ray chemical imaging of a single catalyst particle
December 2016
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and F. Meirer
Available at UU library
A. den Otter
Niobia-supported Cobalt Catalysts for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
May 2016
Thesis supervisor: Prof. K.P. de Jong
R. van den Berg
Formation, activity and growth of copper nanoparticles in methanol synthesis catalysts
May 2016
Thesis supervisors: Prof. K.P. de Jong and Prof. P.E. de Jongh
Available at UU library (November 2016)
Z. Ristanović
Zeolite chemistry studied at the level of single particles, molecules and atoms.
March 2016
Thesis supervisor: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Available at UU library
K.H. Cats
On the deactivation of Cobalt-based Fischer-Tropsch catalysts.
March 2016
Thesis supervisor: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Available at UU Library
R. Jastrzebski
Catalytic C-C bond cleavage for the production of chemicals from lignin.
March 2016
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. P.C.A. Bruijnincx
Available at UU Library (September 2016)
M. al Samarai
X-ray spectroscopy and microscopy of cobalt and nickel in CoMoS and CoNiMoS hydrodesulfurization catalysts.
March 2016
Thesis supervisors:Prof. F.M.F. de Groot and Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Available at UU Library (September 2016)
D. Cicmil
Selective Oligomerization/Polymerization of Ethylene with Cr-based Catalysts.
March 2016.
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Available at UU library (September 2016)
S.C.C. Wiedemann
Ferrierite-Catalysed Branching of Unsaturated Fatty Acids.
December 2015.
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Prof. P.C.A. Bruijnincx
Available at UU Library
J.A. Stewart
Towards Green Cyclic Carbonate Synthesis – Hetergeneous and Homogeneous Catalyst Development.
December 2015.
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Prof. P.C.A. Bruijnincx
Available at UU Library
C. Angelici
Ethanol-to-Butadiene Conversion Over SiO2-MgO Catalysts: Synthesis-Structure-Performance Relationships.
June 2015.
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Prof. P.C.A. Bruijnincx
Available at UU Library
R. de Lima Oliveira
Nanoreactors in Catalysis.
June 2015.
Thesis supervisors: Prof. K.P. de Jong and Prof. P.E. de Jongh
Available at UU Library
I. van Zandvoort
Towards the Valorization of Humin By-products: Characterization, Solubilization and Catalysis.
March 2015.
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. P.C.A. Bruijnincx
Available at UU Library
E. van Schrojenstein Lantman
Raman nanospectroscopy of a photo-catalytic reaction.
December 2014.
Thesis supervisor: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Available at UU Library
W. Luo
Hydrodeoxygenation of levulinic acid over supported metal catalysts.
December 2014.
Thesis supervisor: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Available at UU Library
H. van der Bij
Phosphatation of Zeolites: A Combined Spectroscopy, Microscopy and Catalysis Study.
December 2014.
Thesis supervisor: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Available at UU Library
P. Munnik
Synthesis – Structure – Performance Relationships for Supported Metal Catalysts.
November 2014.
Thesis supervisors: Prof. K.P. de Jong and Prof. P.E. de Jongh
Available at UU Library
J.J.H.B. Sattler
Propane dehydrogenation on metal and metal oxide catalysts.
November 2014.
Thesis supervisor: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Available at UU Library
S.A.W. Hollak
Catalytic deoxygenation of fatty acids and triglycerides for production of fuels and chemicals.
October 2014.
Thesis supervisors: Prof. K.P. de Jong and Dr. D. van Es (co-promotor)
Available at UU Library
Y.S. Au
Magnesium-based materials supported on carbon for hydrogen storage.
June 2014.
Thesis supervisors: Prof. K.P. de Jong and Prof. P.E. de Jongh (co-promotor)
Available at UU Library
Q. Qian
Catalytic Conversion of Alcohols into Olefins: Spectroscopy, Kinetics and Catalyst Deactivation.
February 2014.
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. J. Ruiz-Martinez
Available at UU Library
P. Spannring
Fe-Catalyzed Oxidative Cleavage of Unsaturated Fatty Acids.
December 2013
Thesis supervisors: Prof. R.J.M. Klein Gebbink, B.M. Weckhuysen and P.C.A. Bruijnincx
Available at UU Library
C.E. Harvey
Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Heterogeneous Catalysis Research.
November 2013
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. A.J.G. Mank.
Available at UU Library (May 2015)
D.A. Boga
Aqueous-Phase Reforming of Renewable Polyols for Production of Hydrogen using Platinum Catalysts.
November 2013
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. P.C.A. Bruijnincx
Available at UU Library (November 2015)
H.M. Torres Galvis
Direct Production of Lower Olefins from Synthesis Gas Using Supported Iron Catalysts.
September 2013
Thesis supervisors: Prof. K.P. de Jong and Prof. J.H. Bitter
Available at UU Library
A.L. Jongerius
Catalytic Conversion of Lignin for the Production of Aromatics.
September 2013
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. P.C.A. Bruijnincx
Available at UU Library
R.W. Gosselink
Carbon NanoFiber supported Catalysts for the Deoxygenation of Fatty Acids and Derivatives.
September 2013
Thesis supervisors: Prof. K.P. de Jong and Prof. J.H. Bitter
Available at UU Library
J. Zecevic
3D Nanoscale Imaging and Quantitative Analysis of Zeolite Catalysts.
June 2013
Thesis supervisors: Prof. K.P. de Jong, Dr. P.E. de Jongh and Dr. H. Friedrich
Available at UU Library
U. Deka
Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx over Copper-Based Microporous Catalysts.
April 2013
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. A.M. Beale
Available at UU Library
M.M. van Schooneveld
2p3d Resonant X-ray Emission Spectroscopy of Cobalt Compounds.
February 2013
Thesis supervisor: Prof. F.M.F. de Groot
Available at UU Library
P.J.C. Hasoul
Palladium-Catalyzed Telomerization of 1,2-Butadiene with Biomass-Based Oxygenates.
January 2013
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen, Prof. R.J.M. Klein Gebbink and Dr. P.C.A. Bruijnincx
Available at UU Library
L.R. Aramburo Corrales
Spatiotemporal Spectroscopy of Molecular Sieves: Interplay between Hydrothermal Treatments and the Methanol-To-Hydrocarbons Reaction.
December 2012
Thesis supervisor: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Available at UU Library
J. Gao
Carbon Matrix Confined Sodium Alanate for Reversible Hydrogen Storage.
November 2012
Thesis supervisors: Prof. K.P. de Jong and Dr. P.E. de Jongh
Available at UU Library
P.S. Miedema
X-ray Spectroscopy of Inorganic Materials.
October 2012
Thesis supervisor: Prof. F.M.F. de Groot
Available at UU Library
T.M. Eggenhuis
Study of Nanoconfined Phases for the Rational Synthesis of Supported Catalysts.
May 2012
Thesis supervisor: Prof. K.P. de Jong and Dr. P.E. de Jongh
Available at UU Library
P. Ngene
Nanoconfined alkali-metal borohydrides for reversible hydrogen storage.
January 2012
Thesis supervisors: Prof. K.P. de Jong and Dr. P.E. de Jongh
Available at UU Library
D. Mores
In-situ micro-spectroscopy on coke formation processes in zeolites
December 2011
Thesis supervisor: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Available at UU Library
I.L.C. Buurmans
Catalyst particles for fluid catalytic cracking visualized at the individual particle level by micro-spectroscopy.
December 2011
Thesis supervisor: B.M. Weckhuysen
Available at UU Library
B.P.C. Hereijgers
Selective Aerobic Oxidation of Hydrocarbons over Supported Gold Catalysts.
November 2011
Thesis supervisor: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Available at UU Library
A.N.C. van Laak
Post-synthesis modifications on zeolites for improved accessibility and catalytic performance
April 2011
Thesis supervisors: Prof. K.P. de Jong and Dr. P.E. de Jongh
Available at UU Library
L. Karwacki
Internal architecture and molecular transport barriers of large zeolite crystals.
December 2010
Thesis supervisor: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Available at UU Library
N. Beznis
Co and Cu ZSM-5 zeolites for the direct production of oxygenates from methane and oxygen.
November 2010
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. J.H. Bitter
Available at UU Library
E. de Smit
Iron-based Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis : new insights from in-situ (micro)spectroscopy, diffraction and theory.
November 2010
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Prof. F.M.F. de Groot
Available at UU Library
M. Wolters
Controlled metal nitrate decomposition for the preparation of supported metal Catalysts.
November 2010
Thesis supervisors: Prof. K.P. de Jong and Dr. P.E. de Jongh
Available at UU Library
J.P. den Breejen
Cobalt particle size effects in catalysis.
February 2010
Thesis supervisors: Prof. K.P. de Jong and Dr. J.H. Bitter
Available at UU Library
N.N.A.H. Meis
Supported modified hydrotalcites as sorbent for CO2 capture.
February 2010
Thesis supervisors: Prof. K.P. de Jong and Dr. J.H. Bitter
Available at UU Library
L. Espinosa Alonso
Space and Time Resolved Spectroscopy During the Preparation of Hydrogenation Catalyst Bodies.
November 2009
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen, Prof. K.P. de Jong and Dr. A.M. Beale
Available at UU Library
H. Friedrich
Quantitative Electron Tomography for Nanostructured Materials.
August 2009
Thesis supervisors: Prof. K.P. de Jong, Prof. A.J. Verkleij and Dr. P.E. de Jongh
Available at UU Library
M.H.F. Kox
Spatial Heterogeneities Within an Individual Catalyst Particle as Revealed by In-Situ Micro-Spectroscopy.
November 2009
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Available at UU Library
M.M.M. Lepage
Support and promoter effects in automotive exhaust catalysis.
June 2009
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. T. Visser
Available at UU Library
E. Parvulescu
New mechanistic insight into the gold-based propene epoxidation.
May 2009
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. T.A. Nijhuis
Available at UU Library
P. de Peinder
Characterization and Classification of Crude Oils Using a Combination of Spectroscopy and Chemometrics.
December 2009
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen, Dr. T. Visser
Available at UU Library
A.J. Plomp
Platinum on Carbon Nanofibers as Catalyst for Cinnamaldehyde Hydrogenation.
April 2009
Thesis supervisors: Prof. K.P. de Jong and Dr. J.H. Bitter
Available at UU Library
I. Swart
Adsorption of CO and h3 on Transition Metal Clusters : insights from Vibrational Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory.
October 2008
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen, Dr. F.M.F. de Groot and Dr. A. Fielicke
Available at UU Library
S. van Dommele
Nitrogen Doped Carbon Nanotubes : Synthesis, characterization and catalysis.
July 2008
Thesis supervisors: Prof. K.P. de Jong and Dr. J.H. Bitter
Available at UU Library
A.W.A.M. van der Heijden
Conversion of chlorinated waste streams from the production of polyvinyl chloride over La-based catalysts.
May 2008
Thesis supervisor: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Available at UU Library
C.P. Balde
Sodium Alanate Nanoparticles for Hydrogen Storage.
March 2008
Thesis supervisors: Prof. K.P. de Jong and Dr. J.H. Bitter
Available at UU Library
C.D. Radu
Creation of α-oxygen during the N2O decomposition over Mn-ZSM-5.
October 2007
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. F.M.F. de Groot
Available at UU Library
J.R.A. Sietsma
Ordered mesoporous materials as model supports to study catalyst preparation.
September 2007
Thesis supervisors: Prof. K.P. de Jong and Dr. P.E. de Jongh
Available at UU Library
J.A. Bergwerff
Spatially resolved spectroscopy on the preparation of CoMo/Al2O3 hydrodesulphurization catalysts.
March 2007
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen, Prof. K.P. de Jong and Dr. T. Visser
Available at UU Library
P.C.A. Bruijnincx
Structural and Functional Models of Non-Heme Iron Enzymes. A study of the 2-His-1-Carboxylate Facial Triad.
January 2007
Thesis supervisors: Prof. G. van Koten, Prof. R.J.M. Klein Gebbink and Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen
Available at UU Library
D.E. Keller
X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Supported Vanadium Oxide Catalysts.
November 2006
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen, Prof. D.C. Koningsberger, Dr. F.M.F. de Groot and Dr. T. Visser
Available at UU Library
J.N.J. van Lingen
A comprehensive model for the supported vanadium oxide catalyst: The umbrella model.
November 2006
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen, Dr. J.H. van Lenthe and Dr. O.L.J. Gijzeman
Available at UU Library
C.N. Nenu
Controlled assembly of a Cr-based heterogeneous single-site ethylene trimerisation catalyst.
November 2006
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. P. Bodart
Avialable at UU Library
R. Wagemens
Magnesium for Hydrogen Storage.
September 2006
Thesis supervisors: Prof. K.P. de Jong and Dr. P.E. de Jongh
Available at UU Library
S. Tinnemans
Combined operando Raman/ UV-Vis-NIR specrocsopy as a tool to study supported metal oxide catalysts at work.
June 2006
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen, Dr. T.A. Nijhuis and Dr. T. Visser
Available at UU Library
F. Morales Cano
Manganese Promotion in Titania-Supported Cobalt Fischer-Tropsch Catalysis.
April 2006
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. F.M.F. de Groot
Available at UU Library
F. Winter
Hydrotalcite-Based Catalysts for the Synthesis of Methyl Isobutyl Ketone.
February 2006
Thesis supervisors: Prof. K.P. de Jong and Dr. A.J. van Dillen
Available at UU Library
G.L. Bezemer
Cobalt supported on carbon nanofibers as catalysts for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis.
January 2006
Thesis supervisors: Prof. K.P. de Jong and Dr. A.J. van Dillen
Available at UU Library
M.K. van der Lee
Carbon nanofiber supported nickel catalysts.
October 2005
J.G. Mesu
Host-Guest Chemistry of Cu2+/Histidine Complexes in Molecular Sieves.
May 2005
Thesis supervisors: Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. T. Visser
Available at UU Library
W.M. Heijboer
New Frontiers in X-ray Spectroscopy of FeZSM-5.
April 2005
Thesis supervisors: Prof. D.C. Koningsberger, Prof. B.M. Weckhuysen and Dr. F.M.F. de Groot
Available at UU Library
L.C. Wijtens
Synthesis and Characterisation of Pd/Ag Membranes for Hydrogen Separation.
November 2004
M. Tromp
Developments of Time-Resolved XAFS Spectroscopy Techniques; Applications in Homogeneous Catalysis.
April 2004
Thesis supervisors: Prof. D.C. Koningsberger, Prof. G. van Koten, Dr. J.A. van Bokhoven and Dr. G.P.F. van Strijdonck
Available at UU Library
M.L. Toebes
Carbon Nanofibers as Catalyst Support for Noble Metals.
February 2004
Thesis supervisors: Prof. K.P. de Jong, Prof. D.C. Koningsberger and A.J. van Dillen
Available at UU Library
D. Lensveld
On the preparation and characterisation of MCM-41 supported heterogeneous nickel and molybdenum catalysts.
May 2003
Thesis supervisors: Prof. K.P. de Jong, Prof. J.W. Geus and Dr. A.J. van Dillen
Available at UU Library
A.H. Janssen
Three-dimensional Transmission Electron Microscopy of Porous Catalysts.
March 2003
Thesis supervisors: Prof. K.P. de Jong and Dr. A.J. Koster
Available at UU Library
A.A. Battiston
Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx by Hydrocarbons over Fe/ZSM5 Prepared by Sublimation of FeCl3.
February 2003
Thesis supervisors: Prof. D.C. Koningsberger and Dr. J.H. Bitter
Available at UU Library
S. van Donk
Adsorption, Diffusion and Reaction Studies of Hydrocarbons on Zeolite Catalysts.
December 2002
Thesis supervisors: Prof. K.P. de Jong and Dr. J.H. Bitter
Available at UU Library
M.K. Oudenhuijzen
Support Effects in Heterogeneous Catalysis.
June 2002
Thesis supervisors: Prof. D.C. Koningsberger, Prof. D.E. Ramaker and Dr. J.A. van Bokhoven
Available at UU Library
I.J. Dijs
Metal Sulphates and Sulphonic Acids, Heterogeneous Acid Catalysts in Solvent-Free Hydro-Acyloxy-Addition Reactions.
June 2002
M.G. Nijkamp
Hydrogen Storage using Physisorption, Modified Carbon Nanofibers and Related Materials.
April 2002
Thesis supervisors: Prof. K.P. de Jong and Dr. A.J. van Dillen
Available at UU Library
T.G. Ros
Rhodium Complexes and Particles on Carbon Nanofibres. Surface Chemistry of Carbon Nanofibres and Catalytic Properties of Supported Rhodium Species.
January 2002
Thesis supervisors: Prof. D.C. Koningsberger, Prof. J.W. Geus and Dr. A.J. van Dillen
Available at UU Library
J.C.A.A. Roelofs
Activated hydrotalcites as solid base catalysts in aldol condensations.
December 2001
Thesis supervisors: Prof. K.P. de Jong and Dr. A.J. van Dillen
Available at UU Library
F.A. van den Berg
Zirconia-Supported Iron-Based Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts, Influence of Pressure and Potassium on Structure and Catalytic Properties.
May 2001
Thesis supervisors: Prof. J.W. Geus and Dr. van der Kraan
Available at UU Library
J. de Graaf
Metal-Support Interaction and Sulfur Tolerance of Platinum/Zeolite Y Catalysts.
January 2001
